Mississippi · Nonprofit
ECM FOUNDATION
ECM FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,001 to it, the largest being DIXIE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION ($45,001). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Ecm Foundation does
Mission
The foundation awards scholarships for higher education to children of employees of mississippi's various electric cooperatives, certain participants in the electric cooperatives of mississippi youth tour program and to electrical engineering candidates located in rural electric service areas in mississippi. In addition , the foundation provides other assistance consistent with its exempt purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provision of scholarships to children of employees of members of the electric cooperatives of mississippi (a.a.l.), electrical engineering candidates in the state of mississippi located in rural electric service territories, and to electric cooperatives of ms (a.a.l.) youth tour award winners for higher education.
$78,050 spentof which $78,050 as grants60% of program spendingDisaster relief payments for employees of members of the electric cooperatives of mississippi.
$30,000 spentof which $30,000 as grants23% of program spendingAssistance to families of burn victims who work for municipal utilities or electric cooperatives in north mississippi.
$12,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants9% of program spendingDonations to other public charities operating in the service areas of mississippi electric cooperatives.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,050.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $2.0M (+22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of ECM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Randy Smith
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $31k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association). These are real filings, and they are not money ECM FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ECM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ECM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ECM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ECM FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Electric Cooperatives of Ms Aal · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ECM FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECM FOUNDATION?
- ECM FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,001 to it, the largest being DIXIE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION ($45,001). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $45,001 in grants to ECM FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECM FOUNDATION?
- DIXIE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing